The Optimus Keyboard is a revolutionary piece of hardware - at least, it is for those whose top priority is making sure their computer peripherals will outshine everyone else's. Each of the key's on the 114-key keyboard has a 32x32 pixels full-color OLED display screen. The screens will display the QWERTY letters during normal functioning, but can be completely reprogrammed to suit the user's preferences. Downloadable themes will be available at some point in the future, as well. It is scheduled for release later this year and carries a price tag of $1,490.

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The diNovo Edge from Logitech might be the "most advanced keyboard" in the world, but Luxeed, from Luxiium Lighting and Technology, is clearly the most colorful and a better choice for anyone interested in having a more expressive computer. Every single key on it can be customized with one of over 500 colors. Users will be able to download preset colorschemes from the their website (which doesn't seem to be available yet) and even program the colors or brightness to change to music.

The new Glider Mouse from Hela is supposed to be a revolutionary development in the design of ergonomic mice. Unlike more traditional mice, the Glider is not a small gadget that rests to one side of your computer, but a fairly large pad that sits in front of the keyboard. It has wrist-resting surfaces on both sides, offering support during both mouse and keyboard work, and a central mouse pad with a "glider" and several programmable shortcut buttons besides the standard ones and a scroll wheel. Price: £149 ($288).

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More and more people are relying on portable media devices for everyday instead of desktop PCs, meaning that they have to rely on the tiny keyboards that are part of the interface of their PDA or cellphone. A standard computer keyboard would not be a practical accessory, no matter how much faster correspondence would become, but the Projector Keyboard can solve that problem. The keyboard is about the size of a small cellphone itself and projects a standard keyboard onto any flat surface, from the table at the coffee shop to a sidewalk at the park. It connects to your phone/PDA/laptop via Bluetooth and "watches" your fingers, transmitting the data back to the device you have it connected to. The red outline is visible even in bright lighting conditions and a charge allows for two hours of typing time. Price: £119 ($221).

The Maltron keyboard is perhaps the most expensive keyboards we've seen to date, and with good reason. These keyboards are handmade and designed to be highly efficient. A traditional keyboard, for example, generally only makes use of 8 of the 10 fingers, with thumbs occasionally being employed to work the space bar and, depending on the size of your keyboard, one or both of the pinkies may be infrequently utilized, as well. This design requires the use of all 10 fingers, theoretically improving your overall efficiency by as much as 20% - once you take the time to adjust to it, of course. The real reason why the keyboard is so expensive is the type of key switches that it uses: Cherry MX switches. Considered to be the best in the industry, they should last up to 50 million keystrokes and require far less force to work than ordinary computer keys, saving wear on they keyboard and on the hands of the typist. Price: $490.

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